Join Mykaell Riley and Linda Brogan in conversation at The Whitworth, a public talk chaired by David Olusoga, Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester. The talk provides a space to reflect on the historical complexity and challenges – practical, ethical, political – involved in the curation and archiving of black British music and […]
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An extensive new fashion exhibition dedicated to workwear has opened at the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam featuring several rare garments from the Westminster Menswear Archive. The Westminster Menswear Archive’s non-hierarchical collecting policy means we have an extensive range of workwear in our collection as well as designer versions that have been inspired by those creations. […]
Tartan at the V&A Dundee celebrates the global story of a unique pattern – how the rules of the grid have inspired creativity from the everyday to the sublime. The instantly recognisable symbol of Scotland, a global textile of tradition, rebellion, oppression and fashion, tartan has connected and divided communities worldwide, inspiring great works of […]
Julia Toppin’s essay ”Jungle – A Critical Intersectional History’ (2023) is published in Black Music in Britain in the 21st Century (Liverpool University Press, 2023), edited by Monique Charles with Mary Gani. Since the turn of the 21st century, there have been several genres birthed from or nurtured in Black Britain: funky & tribal House, […]